Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Residents Endure Late-Night Car Wrecking Spree

The residents of a comfortable
corner of Fulham woke to find a drunken night-time vandal had gone on
a nine-car wrecking spree, causing £7,360 worth of damage to their
vehicles.Frank Brackley, 25, of Delorme
Street, Hammersmith had been drinking at a local party that night and
was seen by a resident who had been woken by a car alarm at 3.20am,
throwing a brick at their vehicle, which was parked in it's drive.He pleaded guilty at Hammersmith
Magistrates' Court (pictured) today to nine charges of causing criminal damage
on November 3, last year to vehicles parked in Stevenage Road,
Woodlawn Road and Cloncurry Street on the fashionable side of the
River Thames.He damaged two Honda's; a Range
Rover; a VW Tiguan; a Mercedes; a VW Golf; a Mini Cooper; a Citroen
and an Audi.Brackley also pleaded guilty to
interfering with six of the vehicles and will be sentenced on April 1
after a probation report has been prepared.The court was told the same
resident heard a second car alarm sound and the defendant hid behind
a parked vehicle when he heard the police arriving.Several residents reported their
vehicles had broken windows and had obviously been searched and at
daybreak more locals came forward with similar complaints.District Judge Susan Williams
banned Brackley from the three streets as a condition of bail
announcing: “At least those that live in those roads can sleep
easily in their beds.”“You were very clearly out of
control,” she told father-of-two Brackley.